Approach to Cueing – An Instructors Perspective

As instructors we are always thinking about the next step or five steps ahead as we attempt to match the body cues each client gives us with our program intention and flow. We don’t have time to say anything that isn’t important in that moment, we must keep the future concepts in our mind to help create and orchestrate quality movements. There is never a time to go into auto-pilot.

A strong foundation right off the bat is key, take time to ground, center and bring internal awareness to the clients. After that internal awareness has been absorbed, we move into directional cues that create precise, flowing, strong movements. All the while still applying those “yummy” internal cues from the beginning as a strong reminder of purpose.

In the Breathe Education interview with Courtney Miller, she also talks about purposeful pauses. This sometimes may feel like punishment when an instructor asks you to pause during an exercise. However, the intention is to create an opportunity for the client to collect themselves and draw on the internal sensations of their bodies while the instructor regains control in order to Relayer the foundational cues that perhaps have started to trickle away once the class started moving along.

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